Wednesday, March 30

Introduction of Chapter/Unit
1) Talking about Diamond's article: The Worst Mistake In Human History (2,868 words)
2) After Class discussion:
  • Complete/submit Political Geography materials: a) study guide and b) FRQ quiz
  • Start reading the chapter on Agriculture.

Thursday and Friday, March 31 - April 1

Debriefing the Voice of Agriculture Facts

1) Class Discussion: Review Facts and Listen to NPR Story




2) TASK: You and a partner will create an infographic that illustrates facts about US farming and about farming around the world.

You and a partner choose three facts about farming, either in the U.S. or around the world, that you believe consumers and students should know about. We are going to use the site Piktochart so you or your partner will need to create an account. Your infographic can take the form of a "warning" or "advertisement."
  • Your infographic should be 75% images and only 25% text.

Piktochart will allow you to save your project to your Google Drive as a .jpg file. Do this and paste a link to it in this spreadsheet (set rights to "anyone with the link can view").

Two helpful websites for finding facts:

Monday and Tuesday, April 4 - 5

King Corn and the pros and cons of the Green Revolution (Reading)

Videos/Articles about the Green Revolution:

4 A's Protocol with Reading:
  • What Assumptions does the author of the text hold?
  • What do you Agree with in the text?
  • What do you want to Argue with in the text?
  • What parts of the text do you want to Aspire to?


Wednesday, April 6

Types of Agriculture
Taking notes on Agriculture.


Thursday, April 7

Two Tasks:

TASK 1:Create a google doc and share it with me-title it Green Revolution FRQ and answer the following IN COMPLETE SENTENCES

The Green Revolution that started in the 1970s has dramatically changed the worlds food production in terms of agricultural techniques and overall quantity of food produced.

a) Identify and explain two arguments in praise of the changes brought about by the Green Revolution
b) Identify and explain two arguments that criticize changes brought about by the Green Revolution

TASK 2: Finish your infographic and be sure there are 3 stats for American Agriculture and 3 stats for Global Agriculture

Friday and Monday, April 8 and 11


Sign in to Shmoop and take the diagnostic AP Human Geography test:
1) Go to Shmoop.com.
2) Join the appropriate class: "ISA Human Geography Period 1" or "ISA Human Geography Period 4"
You will need this information: rflieg@neisd.net or mander21@neisd.net
Period 1: 7f406
Period 4: b542b
3) Take the diagnostic test (20 minutes).
4) Go to "Drills" and complete the first drill under "Agriculture and Rural Land Use"

Presenting INFOGRAPHICS with rationale for statistics
Notes on Agriculture:


CHAPTER: Reading Guide (Key Issue 1-4)
  • MONDAY - Key Issue # 3 - students will jigsaw read/teach about the types of farming methods.
    • Key Issue # 4 - What do you think are the issues/difficulties facing developing/developed countries?

Link to spreadsheet for sharing Agriculture Presentations

Tuesday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 13

Quiz on Agriculture
  • Multiple Choice and FRQ

4th Period: Shmoop Review
  • 1 - Pick one region, one country, one hearth product, and one recipe to bring to next week's potluck.
  • 2 - In Shmoop, complete two practice drills.
  • Turn in Key Issue #3 & 4